Donations pour in as refugee teens' trip to Efteling is halted - DutchNews.nl

The money raised will be shared with organizations that organize activities for children and young people.

More than 200,000 euros have been raised for children in asylum seekers' centres after a trip to Efteling by asylum seekers' centre children from Sint Annaparochie was cancelled. Six crowdfunding campaigns known to ANP had raised 200,275 euros together just before 13:00 on Monday.

Organizer ‘overwhelmed’ as crowdfunding for asylum-seeker youths tops €115,000

The organizer of a crowdfunding campaign for children in Dutch asylum centers said Saturday he was “completely overwhelmed” after his fundraiser surged past 115,000 euros, following the cancellation of a planned trip to the Efteling amusement park.Aad Brinkman, who launched the campaign earlier this week, said the public response far exceeded anything he expected. “It’s a very powerful message. I truly did not expect this,” he said. “I’m complet…

The planned Efteling trip for young asylum seekers from Sint Annaparochie is causing quite a stir in Dutch politics. After Asylum Minister Marjolein Faber called the trip ‘inexplicable’ and the COA cancelled it, PVV leader Geert Wilders went one better. “Very good. No free trip to the Efteling. I know of another trip that is possible: all of us in a bus out of the country. Have fun,” he writes on X.

Donations pour in as refugee teens' trip to Efteling is halted - DutchNews.nl

Crowdfunding campaigns for young refugees whose trip to the Efteling amusement park was cancelled following intervention by immigration minister Marjolein...